taitavasta

Taitavasta is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective taitava, meaning skilled or adept. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, and the elative case is used to express origin, source, or a point from which something comes. Therefore taitavasta is used when the noun it modifies is in the elative case, for example in phrases like taitavasta opettajasta or taitavasta pelaajasta, meaning “from the skilled teacher” and “from the skilled player,” respectively.

Morphology and usage

The base adjective is taitava. Its elative singular form is taitavasta. This form combines the adjective stem with the elative suffix -sta. It mirrors the noun’s case in a phrase, ensuring grammatical agreement. Common companions include nouns in the elative such as opettajasta (from the teacher) or pelaajasta (from the player). The construction is typical in descriptive or evaluative phrases where the quality “skilled” is attributed to the referenced person or thing in terms of origin or source.

Related forms

Taitavan (genitive singular), taitavaa (partitive singular), taitavassa (inessive singular), and other case forms exist for the full declension of taitava. The root tait- comes from the noun taito, meaning skill or art, with the typical -ava/-äva adjective suffix.

Notes

Taitavasta is a grammatical form rather than a separate lexical entry. Its meaning hinges on the noun it modifies and the elative case, so it is most often encountered in Finnish sentences describing origins or sources of skill.

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish adjectives, elative case, taitava.